The Pauri District Magistrate Chandresh Kumar said that the district administration has made preparations to ensure impartial and peaceful Panchayat elections in the district.
The reservation of the 48 seats of District Panchayat members and other seats at the block, Gram Panchayat, district Panchayat and Block Panchayat has been released and the list has been displayed on the official website of the district.
The objections can be filed to block development officer concerned and District Magistrate office till November 23. The objections filed in the district will be consolidated in District Panchayat office on November 24. After taking cognisance of the objections filed from November 25 to 27, the final list of reserved seats will be published on November 28 for the Panchayat election.
Talking to media persons on Friday, the DM said that out of the 15 blocks of the district, the block Pramukh seat of Dwarikhal and Jaiharikhal block have been reserved for SC women and the seat of Paubo has been reserved for SC. Yamkeshwar, Nainidanda, Beeronkhal, Ekeshwar, Rikhnikhal and Pauri seat of Block Panchayat Pramukh have been reserved for women candidates, while Thalisain, Pokhra, Khirsu, Dugadda, Kot and Kaljikhal are unreserved seat.
He said that out of the 48 seats of District Panchayat members, 18 seats have been reserved for women candidates, 20 seats are unreserved, five seats have been reserved for SC women candidates, four for SC and one has been reserved for OBC candidate. The Panchayat election in Pauri district will be held for the posts of 1216 Gram Panchayat Pradhan, 6965 ward members, 429 Block Panchayat members and 48 District Panchayat members, added Kumar.